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KiCad 8.0.5

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  • Latest Version

    KiCad 8.0.6

  • Operating System

    Windows 8 (64-bit) / Windows 10 (64-bit) / Windows 11

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  • Author / Product

    KiCad Team / External Link

  • Filename

    kicad-8.0.5-x86_64.exe

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What's new in this version:

General:
- Fix crash on close due to curl shut down issue
- Make grid cell editors with extra button consistent with normal text cell editors
- Fix default cell alignment for configure paths dialog
- Improve grid cell editors appearance
- Fix EasyEDA/JLCEDA Pro 2.2 footprint and symbol library import
- Generate hidpi variants for medium sized application icons
- Hide notification panel on focus loss
- Fix build issue with experimental GCC version 15
- Fix rendering issue when using dotted lines
- Update text weight when changed from properties panel

Schematic Editor:
- Resolve netclasses on vector buses embedded in buses
- Fix crash when renaming fields in symbol fields table
- Correctly track symbol instances in "unplaced units" ERC
- Fix different presentation of symbols with attribute "Do Not Populate"
- Fix missing schematic symbol instance data
- Fix incorrect sheet order and uninitialized sheet number when printing

Spice Simulator:
- Increase default measurement precision from 2 to 3 digits
- Fix measurements not being loaded with workbook
- Prevent a tab change while editing measurement from impacting measurements of target tab
- Fix spice errors when rerunning a simulation with measurements
- Fix measurement format not saved when modified
- Prevent excessive memory usage using complex piece wise linear DC source
- Fix crash when editing SPICE model path

Symbol Editor:
- Add undo for repeat pin action

Board Editor:
- Show correct via length in net inspector
- Do not delete segments in some cases when completing a route
- Show footprint changes and updates immediately
- Fix broken Cyrillic characters
- Fix crash when routing curved trace
- Performance improvements when updating tear drops
- False DRC warning about footprint not matching library when footprint is rotated
- Allow deleting text item out of parent footprint
- Remove extraneous fields when updating footprint from library when option is selected
- Give padstack DRC warning violation a name
- Remember target tuning length within a session
- Fix snapping in free via placer
- Ensure constraints when changing pad hole properties
- Fix issues after removing a track ending with a teardrop
- Update message panel when placing a via with interactive router
- Correctly handle track clearance constraints in router
- Use correct track width constraint when starting PNS from footprint pad
- Report track clearance constraint from DRC rule if >= board minimum
- Fix crash when changing pad type from SMD to NPTH
- Fix broken footprint references on Altium import
- Fix compatibility with EasyEDA/LCEDA Pro v2.2.26

Footprint Editor:
- Save properties pane custom visible columns state
- Fix issue when converting an Altium footprint library to KiCad format

3D Viewer:
- Fix incorrect custom pad shape

Gerber Viewer:
- Fix arc rendering issue

Worksheet Editor:
- Do not require extra mouse click to start text tool
- Command Line Interface
- Fix PCB drill export when output path does not end with path separator

Windows:
- Improve custom grid cell editors' margins
- Fix GDI bitmap leak that can cause crashes in long lived kicad processes
- General dependency version updates